CHAPTER 23 The Truth Between Us (Dual POV: Daniel & Amara) The name refused to settle. It didn’t just sit in the room—it moved through it, pressing into every corner, filling every silence, refusing to be ignored. Elena Cole. Amara stood where she was, the document still in her hands, but she wasn’t really seeing it anymore. Her eyes were open, fixed on the paper, yet her mind had gone somewhere deeper, somewhere fragile and unsteady. Daniel hadn’t moved. He couldn’t. The name had locked him in place. Cole. His family name. His bloodline. His past. And now— Somehow— Hers. “That’s not possible,” he said finally, his voice low, controlled, but strained in a way Amara had never heard before. Victor didn’t interrupt this time. Because this wasn’t just another piece of the puzzle. This was something else. Something personal. Amara slowly looked up from the document, her eyes meeting Daniel’s. “I didn’t make this,” she said quietly. “I know.” “But it says—” “I hear
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